Structure and mechanism of human ABC transporters

A Alam, KP Locher - Annual Review of Biophysics, 2023 - annualreviews.org
ABC transporters are essential for cellular physiology. Humans have 48 ABC genes
organized into seven distinct families. Of these genes, 44 (in five distinct families) encode for …

Targeting the holy triangle of quorum sensing, biofilm formation, and antibiotic resistance in pathogenic bacteria

RV Sionov, D Steinberg - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
Chronic and recurrent bacterial infections are frequently associated with the formation of
biofilms on biotic or abiotic materials that are composed of mono-or multi-species cultures of …

Target protection as a key antibiotic resistance mechanism

DN Wilson, V Hauryliuk, GC Atkinson… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Antibiotic resistance is mediated through several distinct mechanisms, most of which are
relatively well understood and the clinical importance of which has long been recognized …

Physiological functions of bacterial “multidrug” efflux pumps

PJF Henderson, C Maher, LDH Elbourne… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Bacterial multidrug efflux pumps have come to prominence in human and veterinary
pathogenesis because they help bacteria protect themselves against the antimicrobials …

ATP‐binding cassette (ABC) transporters in cancer: A review of recent updates

JQ Wang, ZX Wu, Y Yang, QX Teng… - Journal of Evidence …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The ATP‐binding cassette (ABC) transporter superfamily is one of the largest membrane
protein families existing in wide spectrum of organisms from prokaryotes to human. ABC …

Giant viruses as reservoirs of antibiotic resistance genes

X Yi, JL Liang, P Wen, P Jia, S Feng, S Liu… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses (NCLDVs; also called giant viruses), constituting the
phylum Nucleocytoviricota, can infect a wide range of eukaryotes and exchange genetic …

Resolution of ribosomal stalling by EF-P and ABCF ATPases YfmR and YkpA/YbiT

H Takada, K Fujiwara, GC Atkinson… - Nucleic Acids …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Efficiency of protein synthesis on the ribosome is strongly affected by the amino acid
composition of the assembled amino acid chain. Challenging sequences include proline …

Global regulation via modulation of ribosome pausing by the ABC-F protein EttA

F Ousalem, S Ngo, T Oïffer, A Omairi-Nasser… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Having multiple rounds of translation of the same mRNA creates dynamic complexities
along with opportunities for regulation related to ribosome pausing and stalling at specific …

Structural basis of ABCF-mediated resistance to pleuromutilin, lincosamide, and streptogramin A antibiotics in Gram-positive pathogens

C Crowe-McAuliffe, V Murina, KJ Turnbull… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Target protection proteins confer resistance to the host organism by directly binding to the
antibiotic target. One class of such proteins are the antibiotic resistance (ARE) ATP-binding …

Genome-encoded ABCF factors implicated in intrinsic antibiotic resistance in Gram-positive bacteria: VmlR2, Ard1 and CplR

N Obana, H Takada, C Crowe-McAuliffe… - Nucleic Acids …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Genome-encoded antibiotic resistance (ARE) ATP-binding cassette (ABC) proteins of the F
subfamily (ARE-ABCFs) mediate intrinsic resistance in diverse Gram-positive bacteria. The …